Cheng Yingyu stepped back to the Qianfu courtyard in the night, her mind was still in a mess, she desperately recalled why the butterfly came to her, but the more she thought about it, the more chaotic she became, the more she couldn't remember.

Butterflies shouldn't rely on their eyes, anyway, she has never seen eyeballs, if not, then it should be the nose, the nose can smell.

Cheng Ying subconsciously sniffed her hands, the smell? Can a taste still be labeled with a note called Cheng Yingbu? As for others, such as the strong-smelling mutton soup she used for lunch, Qian Mu would never be so accurate.

Cheng Ying was confused. If she could understand why butterflies were coming to her, she would be able to pick up the fragments of memories that she had lost.

"Second girl, you're back, it's time to be tired after going out for a day, warm water and soap horns are ready, and they have been put in your room." At this time, Qin Nanxiang came with a palace lamp in his hand, and said softly, "If the girl has no other instructions, the slave will rest first." ”

Cheng Yingyu hurriedly stood up and smiled awkwardly: "There's nothing else to do, thank you Mrs. Nan." You are a gentleman, even if you are my elder. Zhang Luo, who is still back and forth, is really tormented. There are no other rough maids in the courtyard, and the lady doesn't have to bow down to everything. ”

"The second girl is not an ordinary person. The other coarse and clumsy women with prosthetic hands, the slaves are not at ease. Besides, the slave is just the concubine of the head of the family, not a big person, and the girl doesn't have to use honorifics, let alone respect me as an elder. While speaking, Qin Nanxiang lit the fire again, lit the lantern under the corridor, and the work on his hands did not stop.

Cheng Yingyu looked at the woman in the shadow of the lamplight, the half-worn indigo jacket, the simple silver hairpin between the crows, and smiled lightly, which really made people wonder if she would be angry and frown.

"Even if you are a concubine, you are the only woman next to your husband, and you have been treated well by your husband for so many years, otherwise people would not call you Mrs. Nan." Cheng Yingyu looked at the woman who was busy before and after, and the crisp arm exposed by the fire fold was snow-white and tender.

It's a beautiful woman. Even if the appearance is three or four points similar to Cheng Yingyu, because of the marriage, there is a little more charm of flowers, which is incomparable to Cheng Yingyu.

"The position of husband and wife is still vacant, and I have never slept with any other woman except for you, my wife, for many years. Madame, don't you have some plans of your own? ”

Cheng Ying asked suddenly, eight points of curiosity and two points of temptation.

Qin Nanxiang did not look back. After lighting the lantern, he turned his head to look at Cheng Ying, and his smile was still not at all: "The girl went to the beauty hall, did the lady have something for the slave?" ”

Cheng Ying was stunned for a moment, almost forgetting this stubble, but the topic turned quietly.

"Girls don't have to be careful. The slave will go to Caofu every three months to get medicine, and a while ago, Jiao Niangzi mentioned that she hoped that the slave would bring a person with her, and she would prepare a greeting post for that person to enter Caofu. "Qin Nanxiang came forward, a blessing," the second girl will not tease the slave, I am afraid that she has already won the worship. ”

“…… This one? Cheng Yingyu took out Nian Nujiao's letterhead from her arms.

Qin Nanxiang took it and opened it in front of Cheng Yingxiang, it was indeed a letter of worship, and the gist of it was similar, that is, to ask Cheng Yingxiang and Qin Nanxiang to go to Cao's Mansion together.

Cheng Yingyu saw that Qin Nanxiang was holding the lantern and shining the note, and intended to let her see the content of the worship post clearly, and she had no selfish intentions, so she respected Mrs. Nan, who couldn't frown, the more respectful she was, and she should come down with her mouth.

"The lady is my mother's deceased, and she must be planning something for me. It's good to go together, and it's not interesting for me to stay in the courtyard. ”

"That's it, the slave will present a letter of worship to the Cao Mansion, and after two or three days, the Cao Mansion returns, and the girl goes with the slave. It's not too early, I hope the girl has a good rest. ”

Qin Nanxiang exchanged a few words of greeting, then took the greeting post and left. The slender waist disappeared into the shadow of the lights, and there were beautiful women in the southern country, and the pear blossoms were thin.

As Qin Nanxiang said, two days later, Cao Fu replied. So when Cheng Yingyu stood in front of the hot stamping plaque of "Cao Mansion", he still felt that everything was too smooth.

"Second girl, don't worry, it's like this every year, every season comes, it's already a customary thing, can it not be smooth?" Qin Nanxiang stood beside him, as if he had seen through Cheng Ying's thoughts, "It's just that Cao Mansion has a lot of rules, even if it becomes a convention, you have to hand over a greeting post and go through the motions." ”

Cheng Ying was amazed. Jiangning Weaving is the first government of the imperial palace in the south of the Yangtze River, responsible for the jurisdiction of silk fabrics and the purchase of various royal things. Among them, there is a lot of oil and water, and it is closely involved with the imperial palace, so even if the official rank is not high, he is also the most important official in Jiangnan by default in the past dynasties.

And this Cao family is a big legend. Loyal to the Qian family, but can still be recognized by the imperial palace, after three generations of undefeated in the cracks, it is said that thanks to the Cao family's children standing in the world, only recognize the "family interests" four words.

Cheng Yingyu was not only nervous. Such a famous family that only recognizes the interests of the clan should be such a strict and forbidden area.

Just thinking about it, the Zhu Gate behind Shi Pixiu opened, and the servant who reported it walked out, followed by a man in brocade clothes, with a smile on his face: "I was still thinking about why I came later today, and I was about to send someone to pick you up." ”

It is a young official with a white scholar's face, but there is an awe-inspiring pressure at the bottom of his eyes.

"Lord Lao is worried." Qin Nanxiang Yifu nodded to Cheng Ying, "This is the second girl of Hua." The second girl, this is the current Jiangning Weaving, the head of the Cao family, and Lord Cao Xili. ”

Cheng Yingyu saluted. Cao Xili personally greeted the two of them in the mansion and said: "I heard that the holy driver lives in the Qian Mansion, and the affairs are complicated, as the only hostess of the Qian family, I have been very busy recently, Nanxiang." ”

"Your Excellency." Qin Nanxiang's eyes flashed, "The slave is just a concubine, and he has no right to govern the back house." Fortunately, the head of the family is wise, and everything is in order...... There are also adults who have called the wrong one again. ”

Cao Xili was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head, and just smiled, as if it was not the first time.

Cheng Yingyu was secretly pondering beside him. Nanxiang, Cao Xili actually called Mrs. Nan's maiden name "Nanxiang".

"Second girl, don't get me wrong." Cao Xili glanced at Cheng Yingyu meaningfully, "Mrs. Nan is the sister of the official, and there are occasional taboos between brothers and sisters, and there is no other intention. ”

Sister? Cheng Ying was taken aback.

During the greetings of several people, Cao Xili stopped at a hand-copying verandah, looked around vigilantly, and waved his hand to the two: "Follow the verandah to the medicine pavilion." The official can only send you to wait here and take his leave. ”

Cheng Ying blinked. The road to heaven is open and bright, why can it only be sent here?

"Most of the people who are infected in Caofu go to the medicine pavilion to get medicine, and after this corridor, there will be more people. If others see this official and you waiting together, it's not good. Cao Xili explained lightly, and the smile that was still dissolved before quickly disappeared, "Also, this official will accompany you and wait for this journey, don't shout around, it's useless." ”

After a pause, Cao Xili stared at Qin Nanxiang again, and his words were a little more urgent: "Why have you drunk the medicine for so many years, and there is still no news from your stomach?" Do you have all the secret medicine that the family spent a lot of money on for you? ”

Cheng Ying frowned. It's like a different person.

Qin Nanxiang is accustomed to it, and Wen Sheng explained: "Every time I come to Caofu, I vomit out the residue...... So many people are watching, don't adults still believe it? ”

Cheng Ying chuckled in her heart. Vomit?

"That's good. If I can conceive the bloodline of the head of the family, the position of the wife will naturally be in the pocket, and the alliance between my Cao family and the Qian family will be cut in...... This is a family plan, Nanxiang, don't play tricks. ”

Cao Xili dropped a few words and turned to leave, because the last half of the sentence was really uncomfortable to hear, Cheng Ying couldn't help but say more: "Madam, you and your brother ......"

"Hurry up and go to the Medicine Pavilion, the ancestor of the family is already waiting." Qin Nanxiang interrupted the topic lightly and walked out first.

Cheng Yingyu had to follow, entered the medicine pavilion with full questions, was taken to a small room, and met the so-called ancestor of the family, Cao Xili's father, the predecessor Jiangning Weaving, Cao You.

It also stands to reason that Qin Nanxiang's father.